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DR Systems to Exhibit New Unity RIS/PACS Platform at RSNA.


SAN DIEGO San Diego (săn dēā`gō), city (1990 pop. 1,110,549), seat of San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1850. San Diego includes the unincorporated communities of La Jolla and Spring Valley. Coronado is across the bay.  -- DR Systems will be exhibiting its new Unity RIS/PACS platform at RSNA RSNA Radiological Society of North America, Inc.
RSNA Robust Security Network Association
 2006. Unity covers the entire medical imaging exam workflow process. As with previous DR Systems RIS/PACS, it also offers features that go beyond traditional RIS/PACS capabilities.

DR Systems, the leading independent provider of RIS/PACS solutions, will be at Booth 1919 in the South Building, Hall A, from Sunday, Nov. 26 to Thursday, Nov. 30, 2006. RSNA 2006 will be held Nov. 26 through Dec. 1 in Chicago.
Notable features of the Unity RIS/PACS include:
--  New data conversion tools for legacy RIS/PACS replacement
--  Enhanced Web-based scheduling capabilities
--  RIS workflow management, including patient pre-authorization,
     patient flow tracking, film tracking, and task management
--  New patent-pending image display methods for improved accuracy and
     efficiency
--  Enhanced integrated mammography reading, tracking, film
     digitizing, and archiving
--  Enhanced automated exam-specific reporting capabilities
--  Enhanced transcription capabilities, including Web-based
     transcription
--  Enhanced multi-database and multi-server capabilities
--  Enhanced PACS access from EMRs and HIS Web portals


The Unity RIS/PACS has also been designed to provide an advanced medical imaging and information management system infrastructure for regional health information organizations (RHIOs). DR Systems PACS (Picture ArChiving System) A storage and management system for high-resolution images. Typically pertaining to the medical field, images such as X-rays, MRIs and CAT scans require a greater amount of storage than other industries.  form the primary radiology backbone of the Santa Barbara Santa Barbara (săn'tə bär`brə, –bərə), city (1990 pop. 85,571), seat of Santa Barbara co., S Calif., on the Pacific Ocean; inc. 1850.  Care Data Exchange, the nation's first and best-known RHIO RHIO Regional Health Information Organization .

In addition, DR Systems is an industry leader in developing an integrated diagnostic reading/reporting/archiving solution for mammography mammography, diagnostic procedure that uses low-dose X rays to detect abnormalities in the breasts. The early diagnosis of breast cancer made possible by the routine use of mammography for screening women increases a woman's treatment alternatives and improves her . A podium presentation at the annual conference of the National Consortium of Breast Centers (NCBC NCBC Naval Construction Battalion Center (US Navy)
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), held in March 2006, described the successful integration of mammography with a DR Systems PACS at Sansum-Santa Barbara Medical Foundation Clinic in Santa Barbara, Calif.

Through a dealer agreement with InSiteOne, Inc., DR Systems also offers integrated on-site and off-site secure DICOM (medical, standard) DICOM - (From Digital Imaging and COmmunications in Medicine) A standard developed by ACR-NEMA (American College of Radiology - National Electrical Manufacturer's Association) for communications between medical imaging devices.  storage for disaster recovery as one of its archive product options. The affordable, pay-as-you-go outsourced storage enables hospitals and diagnostic centers to avoid a significant capital equipment expense while still enjoying the advantages of digital image management.
Other capabilities of the Unity RIS/PACS include:
--  Management reports
--  EMR integration
--  Image acquisition
--  Technologist Q/C
--  Automated report preparation and distribution
--  Dictation
--  Voice recognition
--  Document scanning, printing, and faxing
--  Report manager
--  Cardiology-pathology
--  Advanced 3D image processing
--  Billing output
--  Remote monitoring
--  Q/A-teaching
--  On-line storage
--  Web-based report distribution
--  Clinical review tools
--  Archive
--  Business continuance


DR System's mission is to enhance the clinical and financial success of its customers, while offering the lowest overall cost of ownership in the industry. Many sites report that their total expense per exam for all service, support, equipment, upgrades, and expansions -- minus the depreciated Depreciated may refer to:
  • Depreciation, in finance, a reference to the fact that assets with finite lives lose value over time
  • Depreciated is often confused or used as a stand-in for "deprecated"; see deprecation for the use of depreciation in computer software
 value of the existing hardware -- ranges from $1.20 to $3.50 per exam. Those figures are as little as 10 percent of what most non-DR System sites are spending, through multiple vendors.

The Unity RIS/PACS has been at the center of many RIS/PACS replacement projects around the nation. DR Systems has managed a number of successful data migration projects in which data has been transferred from legacy systems to the Unity RIS/PACS. The company has also expanded its other professional services (job) professional services - A department of a supplier providing consultancy and programming manpower for the supplier's products.  in the replacement market.

Manufacturers whose PACS have been replaced by DR Systems products include GE, Siemens, Brit Systems, and InPhact. DR Systems has replaced RIS RIS

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 by GE, Siemens, ProgRis, Medfax, Amicas, RisLogic/Merge, and IDX (IDX Systems Corporation, South Burlington, VT, www.idx.com) One of the largest health care information systems companies in the country, acquired in 2006 by GE Healthcare (www.gehealthcare.com), a unit of the General Electric Company. , and reporting systems by Dictaphone, Lanier, Powerscribe, and Talk.

DR Systems was recently named the leading PACS vendor for mid-year 2006 by KLAS KLAS Keystone Library Automation System , topping all other PACS providers, including McKesson, GE Medical Systems, Siemens, Philips, and Amicas. One hundred percent of DR Systems customers surveyed by KLAS said they would buy from DR Systems again, and would also recommend DR Systems to others.

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business firm, firm, house - the members of a business organization that owns or operates one or more establishments; "he worked for a
 that specializes in monitoring and reporting the performance of healthcare information technology vendors, including PACS companies.

DR Systems has also been named #1 PACS Vendor for six consecutive quarters (October 2004 - January 2006) by MD Buyline, a leading source of information on medical technology and informatics.

"The Unity RIS/PACS is our most advanced comprehensive radiology solution yet," said Rick Porritt, DR Systems' President and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. . "Where other systems `bolt on' most of their RIS/PACS capabilities, our systems are fully integrated, which leads to far greater reliability. From a work standpoint, that also means much better efficiency and productivity, which is a big reason why institutions implement RIS/PACS in the first place."

About DR Systems

DR Systems, Inc. is the leading independent provider of scalable medical imaging and information systems for diagnostic imaging centers and hospitals. For more than 14 years, the company has helped over 250 hospitals and imaging centers improve the management of patient information, eliminate film costs, and increase workflow speed, all while providing better clinical quality and patient care. The company's systems integrate numerous tools to improve financial performance and productivity, including: client-server and Web-based image, report, and audio clip distribution; patented, automated hanging protocols for radiologists; and the report format preferences of individual referring physicians. For more information, call 800-794-5955 or visit www.dominator.com.
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